In celebration of International Literacy Day, the Literacy Collation of Washtenaw County will be hosting a Community Literacy Breakfast & Planning Session

In celebration of International Literacy Day, the Literacy Collation of Washtenaw County will be hosting a Community Literacy Breakfast & Planning Session on September 8, 2010. The event will take place at Washtenaw Intermediate School District on 1819 S. Wagner Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Breakfast will be from 7:30 to 8:30 and the planning session will take place from 8:30 to 11:30. Community leaders are encouraged to attend to learn about our community’s progress toward 100% literacy and how literacy coalitions are transforming communities nationwide.

Participants will help shape the priorities of our community literacy plan, the Blueprint to End Illiteracy in Washtenaw County.

The keynote speaker is Kimberly Scott. Ms. Scott is a national community literacy coalition expert. Her career has been in philanthropic, corporate and community development settings. Kim is a Literacy Powerline network partner providing consulting services to communities to build coalitions, raise resources and develop sector collaboration. Her expertise includes the design and development of community needs assessments, assessment of literacy services and the analysis of resources to increase the funding base. Kim assists communities in building community literacy plans and is a leader in the annual National Community Literacy Coalition Conference.